September 12, 2013
Congo-Kinshasa: AfDB Approves Us $21.50 Million Funding for Climate Change Mitigation Project in DRC
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 in Tunis approved a US $21.50-million Forest Investment Program (FIP) grant to… Read more »
September 13, 2013
Africa: AfDB Holds First Africa Pharmaceutical Summit
Africa's pharmaceutical industry leaders and decision-makers will gather for an unprecedented discussion about Africa's bright pharmaceutical prospects during the first ever… Read more »
September 12, 2013
Tanzania: Tanzania Poised to Transform National Energy Sector With Influx of Renewables
On September 12, the Republic of Tanzania received endorsement from the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) of an investment plan which will help the country to scale-up the development… Read more »
September 09, 2013
Africa: AfDB Co-Organizes United Nations Private Sector Forum 2013
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August 30, 2013
Congo-Kinshasa: Democratic Republic of Congo Gets $21.5 Million Green Light to Transform Its Vast Forests
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has won approval of a $21.5 million grant from the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) to jump-start sustainable management of its critically… Read more »
August 28, 2013
Djibouti: Geothermal Exploration Project in Lake Assal Region Launched
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government of Djibouti on Monday, August 26, signed the funding agreements, totalling US $7.5 million, for a geothermal exploration… Read more »
August 27, 2013
Tanzania: AfDB Launches Pilot Business Development Initiative in the Industries and Services Sectors
The Private Sector Department of the African Development Bank (AfDB) is launching a three-month pilot business development initiative in the industries and services sectors in… Read more »
August 20, 2013
Africa: AfDB's Integrity and Anti-Corruption Department Submits First Set of Reports
The Director of the Integrity and Anti-Corruption DepartmentLutte contre la corruption et enquêtes sur la fraude (IACD), Ms. Anna Bossman, today in Tunis, formally handed… Read more »
September 02, 2013
Liberia: President of Liberia and President of Afdb Will Lead a High-Level Panel On Fragile States in Monrovia
Ellen Sirleaf Johnson, President of Liberia, and Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank Group, will lead a special high-level panel on fragile states in… Read more »
August 14, 2013
Senegal: Technical Assistance to Four Complementary Infrastructure Ppp Projects in Senegal
The AfDB approved loans for four private infrastructure projects in Senegal between July 2009-December 2010: Read more »
July 25, 2013
Africa: AfDB Approves Us$45 Million Grant for Creation of Pan African University for Science, Technology and Innovation
The African Development Bank's (AfDB) Board of Executive Directors approved on Wednesday, July 24 an African Development Fund (ADF) grant of US$ 45 million to support the creation… Read more »
June 18, 2013
Africa: African Economic Conference 2013 - Call for Papers
The African Economic Conference 2013 is jointly organized by the African Development Bank, the Economic Commission for Africa and the United Nations Development Programme. Read more »
May 21, 2013
Africa: AfDB Builds Capacity in Education Through Education Research Awards
Under the co-sponsorship of the African Development Institute (ADI) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Korea-Africa Economic Cooperation (KOAFEC), the Association for… Read more »
May 20, 2013
Nigeria: AfDB Project Integrates Nomadic Peoples Into Mainstream Education in Nigeria
Spanning at least 20 different countries across the African continent, nomadic peoples constitute about six per cent of the total African population, or some 50 million people. Read more »
May 21, 2013
Africa: African Development Bank to Host Innovative Financing Seminar On Infrastructure and Diaspora Bonds
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) will host a workshop on infrastructure and diaspora bonds in Africa during AfDB's annual meetings in Morocco on May 29, 2013. Read more »
Nigeria: Cross River State - Rural Access and Mobility Project in Nigeria
AfDB at the centre of rural economic transformation, bringing rapid development to rural areas. Read more »
May 07, 2013
Africa: From Fear to Hope - Getting It Right in Somalia
It has been two decades of mayhem, chaos and bloodletting in Somalia. A child born at the onset of the Somali crisis is now twenty one. Somalia has still a long way to go: the Al… Read more »
May 02, 2013
Africa: African Ministers of Finance Contribute to AfDB-Harvard Ministerial Leadership in Health Forum
From April 21-24, 2013, a distinguished audience comprising of more than 20 serving and former Ministers of Finance, former Prime Ministers and Presidents, prominent scholars and… Read more »
April 21, 2013
Africa: International Financial Institutions Agree to Share Data to Improve Development Outcomes
Recognizing the power of information to shape better policies, guide development programs and increase accountability, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, along with leaders of six… Read more »
February 25, 2013
Africa: AfDB Supports Mozambique in Moving Closer to a Working Green Growth Action Plan
Stakeholders across Mozambique gathered in a consultation on the country's developing Green Growth Action Plan (GGAP) in December 2012. The African Development Bank (AfDB) team… Read more »
December 06, 2012
Africa: Forum On Youth Unemployment Sets Stage for 2012 Launch of the African Economic Outlook
"'Bread, freedom and social justice' is what Egyptian revolutionaries called for in the January 25 revolution; the one issue that touches on all of this is unemployment," Egypt's… Read more »
November 29, 2012
Africa: 8th African Symposium On Statistical Development Convenes in Côte d'Ivoire
The African Development Bank (AfDB) in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), African Union Commission (AUC) and Institute of National… Read more »
November 16, 2012
Africa: International Partners Pledge Continued Support in Recognition of Burundi's Achievements and Commitments
At today's meeting of the Burundi Configuration of the UN Peace Building Commission in New York, the African Development Bank, the European Union, the International Monetary Fund,… Read more »
November 02, 2012
Africa: Africa Attempts to Assess the Impact of Capital Flight
The time has come for African governments to assess the financial repercussions of capital flight on the continent. This was the view, on Thursday evening, of Ameth Saloum Ndiaye,… Read more »
October 16, 2012
Africa: AfDB Joins Development Partners in Support of Agricultural Cooperatives On World Food Day 2012
The African Development Bank joins its development partners and member countries today in celebrating World Food Day 2012. Read more »